Ricard Regas Iglesias | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

The Nasrid Palaces are the real heart of the Alhambra, a masterpieceof universal art and a UN- ESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Builtthroughout the 14th cen- tury, the Mexuar, the Palace of Comares andthe Palace of the Lions, residences of the rulers of the Nasriddynasty, are striking for the contrast between their austere exteriorwalls and the interior courtyards and rooms in which the artists gavefree rein to their talent, bringing together in harmony the tiledplinths, the mural plasterwork and the cof- fered ceilings, all withgeometric, epigraphic and vegetal motifs. This book shows how theharmo- ny between architecture, decoration and water reaches thehighest heights in the Nasrid Palaces.